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Video-assisted thoracoscopic bisegmentectomies for double primary lung cancers in a patient with situs inversus totalis

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Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare anomaly. A limited number of reports document surgery for lung cancer in patients with SIT. We report the case of a 68-year-old man with SIT who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic bisegmentectomies for synchronous double primary lung cancers. Preoperative evaluation of the pulmonary vessels and bronchus by three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) was unavailable owing to the patient’s renal function disorder. However, the procedure was safely completed by adequate anatomic identification and careful operative manipulation based on plain CT study. His postoperative course was uneventful, and no recurrence has been observed 3 years after surgery.

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We thank Dr. Tetsuya Mizuno, MD and Dr. Yukinori Sakao, MD of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital in Nagoya, Japan, for their helpful support in editing the manuscript.

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  1. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kariya-Toyota General Hospital, Sumiyoshi-cho 5-15, Kariya-shi, Aichi, 448-8505, Japan

    Takuya Matsui, Kotaro Mizuno & Takeshi Yamada

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Matsui, T., Mizuno, K. & Yamada, T. Video-assisted thoracoscopic bisegmentectomies for double primary lung cancers in a patient with situs inversus totalis. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 66, 671–674 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-018-0926-x

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